NBA 1957 Final: Celtics win tough final series against Hawks
The 1957 NBA went to the Boston Celtics after winning the final series against the St. Louis Hawks (4-3). Such was the level of equality that the victories alternated until in game seven everything was decided in the last possession of the seventh game, with (123-125) for the Greens
Boston Celtics *Cousy - 20.7p, 9.1a, 6.7r *Sharman - 21.9p, 3.7r, 3.0a *Ramsey - 11.6p, 4.1r, 1.0a *Heinsohn - 24.0p, 12.6r, 2.1a *Russell - 13.3p, 22.9r, 3.3a Risen - 8.7p, 6.3r, 1.3a Loscutoff - 7.7p, 8.7r Nichols - 3.9p, 1.6r Phillip - 3.1p, 2.1r, 1.6a Hemric - 2p, 6r, 1a. (1)
St. Louis Hawks *McMahon - 10.9p, 4.4r, 4.3a *Martin - 14.7p, 4.1a, 3.9r *Macauley - 14.9p, 5.9r, 2.0a *Hagan - 16.1p, 11.6r, 2.7a *Pettit - 30.1p, 18.3r, 2.4a Coleman - 10.4p, 7.9r, 3.6a Share - 6.9p, 5.1r Park - 4.7p, 3.0r Bermoras - 3.0p, 2.0r. (3) Hannum - 0p. (1)
To get to the end they beat… Boston Celtics - Syracuse Nationals (3-0) St. Louis Hawks - Minneapolis Lakers (3-0)
